This blog is now read by more machines than humans: RSS robots, spam-laying insectopoids, echoes of blog-gathering .edu projects. This essentially is the state of affairs that all human activities w
Cleaning Up the Nation
Austin Bay:
If Air America were a conservative radio network its corrupt funding trail and cynical abuse of a poverty program would be front page news at the NY Times and full-time mega-scandal at
Rank Materialism
Freedom. I am now the proud new owner of a Gateway 6020GZ laptop, perfect for students and others with limited means. I can now go into a Starbucks or a Barnes & Noble and look like I'm doing some
Fallujah Fonda
Uh-oh. From the Telegraph comes this exciting news:
Jane Fonda is returning to anti-war activism and embarking on a cross-country tour to call for an end to US military operations in Iraq.
Acros
John Pilger: Partner in Terrorism
In an outrageous piece of terrorist propaganda appearing on the cover of today's New Statesman, John Pilger puts the blame for the 7/7 London attacks not on the terrorists, but rather on Tony Blair:
Month 1/2003
You and Your Big Speech
So SotU 2 happened. It was a good speech, not a great speech. It reassured those who were already there, gently persuaded those who were looking for persuading, and did nothing for those who were alre
Defending Communists
David Neiwert responds and then responds again to my response to his initial response to my multiculturalism post. Well it turns out that what I'm really doing is fighting on behalf of white nationali
War on Dissent, episode 87b
Check this out. I'm taken to task by an actual journalist. David Neiwert, in a post called The War on Dissent, episode 87, says my piece From Multiculturalism to Anti-Americanism in Six Easy Steps is
Blogger Anti-War Coverage
Anna of BBB has her usual sarcastic commentary and some great original photographs of today's anti-war protest in DC. Check it out. I think that I have a better feel for the demonstrations from readi
Attack of the Giant Puppet Heads!
The puppets, the puppets! The giant puppet heads! It's good to see that the anti-war movement is moving forward and is right in tune w
From Multiculturalism to Anti-Americanism in Six Easy Steps
There is a connection between multiculturalism and anti-Americanism. But how can acceptance of the fact that there are no absolutes when it comes to cultural truths lead to hatred of the United States
The Islam Show, Pt. II
From FrontPage (link via Sullivan):
"So why is it somehow all right to offend Catholics and not Muslims? It's a question of relative fear, of the (perceived or real) difference between facing an angr
Public Solutions
Here's a line from Michael Pollan's NYT review of Greg Critser's new book Fat Land, which is about how fat Americans are:
So instead of seriously entertaining any public solutions to what he has so c
The Islam Show
In the Western tradition, nothing is sacred. Everything can be and eventually is criticized and ridiculed. Politics, religion, heroism, honor, truth- none are immune. If you happen to take something s
Saudi Arabia = Al Qaeda
Well, not in the details, but for practical purposes, yes.
The report asserts that the Saudi funds represent the most important source of financing for Al Qaeda and that Riyad, pressured by leading o
On the Other Hand
Remember when Bush made his "Axis of Evil" State of the Union address and there were all those complaints that Iraq, Iran, and North Korea were different and we shouldn't treat them the same? From the
Happy New Year To You Too!
Along with the new year, this blog has a new look. Whaddaya think? No doubt it's buggy as hell on other OS/browsers. And you need JavaScript enabled. If you feel so inclined, drop me an email or comme
War on Dissent, episode 87b
Check this out. I'm taken to task by an actual journalist. David Neiwert, in a post called The War on Dissent, episode 87, says my piece From Multiculturalism to Anti-Americanism in Six Easy Steps is worthy of Rush Limbaugh.
This piece might also be titled: "How to Smear Anyone Who Criticizes American Actions as Treasonous Bastards Who Are Aiding the Enemy in Two Easy Steps."Wonder how long it will take this crowd to start propounding internment camps for liberals.
I have to wonder if he read my post. I don't mention treason or aiding the enemy at all, and in fact I don't believe that to hold anti-American views is treasonous, what with freedom of conscience and expression and all. And I note, albeit in the comments section, that self-criticism is a very important part of Western and US culture. Nowhere do I say that anyone who criticizes American actions is treasonous.
My post merely draws a connection between the practice of multiculturalism and resulting anti-Americanism. I advocated no action. The only action I would suggest is speech: pointing out what's wrong with that view and that way of thinking. And that's all I did.
As is groaningly familiar now, many on the left equate criticizing critical speech with stifling dissent. As if the First Amendment envisions only a single iteration of criticism; as if free speech means that you can say anything you want, as long as it’s not about what other people are saying. It’s not so. War on Dissent. Please. Dissent is not a church and I am not being sacreligous by saying that a certain group of dissenters are in error.
I've listened to almost no Rush Limbaugh, so I can't say whether I'm worthy or not. But that “internment camp” line is worthy of, oh I don’t know who, let’s say Katrina vanden Heuvel. I really dislike her.
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